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March 12, 1940. TH' 2,193,641

' gserswsa Filed Jan. 14, 1956 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR 2017/12/112 6f Or/fil ATTORNEY March 12, 1940. w QRTH 2,193,641 I REGISTER Filed Jan. 14, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Mmh 12, 1940. ORTH 2,193,641

REGISTER Filed Jan. 14, 1936 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR il t ffl'rlm 6. 01M

ATTORNEY having my'invention incorporated therein;

' disk for the certifying printing mechanism; and Fig.- 5 is an end elevational view of thestruc- Patented Mar. 12, 1940 [REGISTER William G. Orth, Dayton, Ohio, assignor, by mesne assignments, to Central National Bank f or Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio Application January 14, 1936, Serial No; 59,108

23 Claims. c1; 101'-66) Heretofore means have been known whereby the printing mechanism ofa register may be operated or not operated at the will of the operator by manipulating an on and off lever such as shown, for instance, in the application of Albert S. Wheelbarger andWilliam G. Orth, Serial No. 752,677, filed November 12, 1934. It

hasalso heretofore been proposed to provide I means whereby when the clerks and transaction keys or lever are in certain predetermined positions the machine will issue a ticket but if eitherthe clerks-or the transaction lever or keys move from the said certain position the ticket mechanism will automatically be rendered inoperative and the certifying mechanismwill automatically be rendered operative, such as shown in the application of Albert S. Wheelbarger and William G. Orth,"Serial No. 34,120, filed August 1,

1935. I now propose 'toprovide ashutter which."

will normally close theentrance to the certifying mechanism and means whereby when the shutter closes the entrance the ticket printing mecha nism will be operated but when the'shutter-is,

raised so that a card could be inserted into the certifying mechanism the ticket printing mechanism would be" rendered inoperative and the certifying mechanism would be rendered operative. l

The object of the invention is'to automatically control the operating means for. the ticket printing mechanism and the certifying mechanism and this control is fool-proof so that it is im possible toissue a ticket when a card is to be certified andthe ticket issuing mechanism is automatically rendered operative-when there is.

no card to be certified.

7 Referring to the drawings:

Fig. 1 is-a side elevational view of the register Fig.2 is a sideelevationalview, partly in cross section, of the opposite end of the register from that shown in Fig. l andlooking in the opposite direction; I I

Fig. 3 is an elevational View, partly in cross section, of the shutter control mechanism;

Fig. 4 is a side elevational view of the driving ture shown in Fig. 2 with the associated parts.

As shown in Patent 1,977,016, the'printing carrier is oscillated each time the machine is op-' erated so as to bring the platens carried thereby into contact with the type wheels 53, it being" understood, of course, that the ticket strip paper 'passes over the platen I and a strip-of record paper passes .over the platen 2, each of which platensare carried by the printing carrier. 44. As shown in the said patent, the ticket strip 9, after ,receiving the printed impression, passes .gbeneatha feed roller .8 which. is secured-tea -.pinion E and above a feed roller I!) so that when the pinion 6 is rotated anti-clockwise as viewed 1 machine after it has received the printed impression. Record paper 3 passes over the record platen 2 and'a printed impression is made thereon each time the platen 2 is oscillated into contact with the'type wheels 53. I v 1 I have'provided a fixed table 4 extending from the front to the back of the register and extending outside of the register so that a certifying card could 'be placed thereon there being, of

course, a' slot in the casingof the register through which the certifying card could be inserted. Normally closing this slot is a shutter f5 provided with an upstanding arm "I which is provided with i a slot ll through which extends a guide pin it? carried by the register. Slots. l3 are also provided i 1 in Fig. 1 the ticket strip Will be fed out of'the in the arm and through these slots extend studs l4 carried by a rod l5 which is provided with a guide slot l6 through which extend fixed studs H. The arm 1 is'also provided witha pin it on which is suspended a spring. is which has its other end attached to the uppermost one-of the studs 14. An operators handle Eli'fis integral with the arm land extends to the outside of the vmachine so as, to be readily accessible by the operator. A spring M is attached to a stud 22,

- which spring has its oppositeend connected with a fixed stud23 so that'thisv spring tends to depress the 'rod I5 andthroughthe spring I!) to depress the shutter 5. The upper end of the rod I5 is providedwith a slot 24 which receives 'a'pin' 25 carried by an arm 26 of a-rod. 21.

slide bar 3|. The slide bar 3i is'provided with i i I Also secured to this rod is a lever 28 which has its lowerend lyingbetween studs Hand 36 carried by .a

slots 32 and 33. A stud 34 extends through the 1 slot 33 and this 'stud is carried by a lever 35 rotatably mounted'on a shaft 355, The lever 35 is provided with an arm 31 which has an overturned lug .38 which may be received withina slot 39 in a disk 40 secured ,to'the feed roller- 8.

The lever 35 is also provided-with an arm H which carriesa shaft 42 on which is mounted a pinion. 43,-which pinion when operated by the mechanism shown in said Patent 1,977,016 would,

of course, feed out the ticket.strip 9 after it has received the printed, impression-from the platen, I

I. A conventional aligning pawl 46 is provided for the pinion 43.

A stud 41 projects through the slot 32 inthe slide bar 3|, which stud is carried by a plate 48 pivoted on a shaft 49. The plate 48 has an overturned flange 50 which overlies the slide bar 3i.

An arm 5| pivoted on a shaft 52 normally abuts 1 against the flange 50-and prevents the plate 48 being rotatedin an anti-clockwise direction but the arm 5| is provided with a cam surface 54 so that when-the slide bar 3 l, is moved tothe left sending it."-

bifu;

' l the aid slide will engage elevate the arm Iii A link 53 viewed i the cam suriace r. r a. i:

spring extends between he s and :sl so that the uds always occ n. same relative potheir respectiv s that is, if the s a AM 1., 1 Q-. J Ms 1 hour 1 in u bile ,iCit'nuarlfl r, l I LILAC Elli/LC 33 will at the left-hand enr versa. The plate 13 is pro-video.

8 which are engaged by a "o inch is urged into contact in i a spring carries a stu ti on which is susonn cted to a stud 33 carried nait Suspended cc nected Io means d o i or its and vice 1g awl the notches 1 a plate "l3 which raise t e shalt l3 on which l 13 mounted when the machine is aid Patent 1977,5116 so t'- s ticket pap r into "5 but if the t could not be t would rec ls in the osciland, therefore, the wheels when :r in the lower end of lating printing c fer i platen would not e1 gage the type the ine was operated.

Vided stud '55 on Wfllh is his roller '5? received within a curved slot '5 lever which lever is mounted on s luicvablc with the lever is a lever A r-iith a stud As shown in the applied ove na t i y": i a: 4L trench uhis sni ovicev. wlbh a square 111g eivcd wita mounted 2 rovided with h receives a disl: 1 a slot :30 and a radially extending lug Ill, said lug having a part which ojects laterally beyond the oi the disk.

Within the slot 51 i aticn Si: which is a port 01 the plate is moved inwa it as vi in Fig. 2 to engage tl by th d s L which is rigid parts i in T 1 the handle 23 is down s at the sh to the ir chanisin, the m n operating arting an radially ex- 1 W to tion shaft he :otated without nizovernent t cured to t forming a ing plate CL. mow

in the plate so that th to otate and the lug tween t lugs 53:1 carried by i n (3 in the plate 'u rotate with t e C. hart.

plate tells provided with box cam which receives a roller G6 carried by a lever ill? mount on a shaft which lever 91 has a downwardly ling arni which-operates a with notches s i an arm ll of a lever '12 platen H pivoted on a shaft it! so as to engage the certifying strip on the table #7. with the type wheels 1812. Obviously the platen would be operated as many times as there are lobes on the box cam 95.

Also secured to the shutter :3 is a link it? connected to a lever 594, which lever is mounted on a shaft W5. This lever is provided with a stud 88 which normally is received within a notch it? in the'plate 33. This mechanism serves as additional 'safe-guard to prevent the plate 36 being rotated when it should not be rotated and yet provides mechanism to free the plate 85 when it should be operated.

A motor bar 168 should be pressed inwardly ,when the machine is to be operated electrically and this bar is provided with a cam surface 139 terminating in a surface HG extending in the same length-wise direction as the motor bar I08. Resting on this motor bar is a roller HI carried by a stud H2 mounted on a lever H3 pivoted on a shaft H6. This lever H3 is provided with a stud l 5'5 on which is mounted a roller 2 l6 adapted to contact either the cam surface H! or the cam surface H8 of a depending arni H9 carried by the slide bar 3|.

In operation, if no certifying card is inserted in the machine, that is, if the handle is not raised, the machine will print on the detail strip 3 and on the ticket strip 3 and will issue a ticket. For such an operation the parts are in the position shown in the drawings in which it will be noted that the plate '13 is in a position to engage the arm H and elevate the platen l and also the pinion 33 is in engagement with the pinion 5 so that the ticket will be both printed and issued. When the motor bar :83 is pushed inwardly the roller H8 will engage the cam surface ill of the slide bar so as to insure that the left-hand end of the slot 3 will engage the pin M and hold the pinion 43 in engagement with the pinion 6.

When, however, it is desired to certify the operator pulls upwardly on the handle 2% and inserts the certifying strip into the machine on the table- 5. The certifying slip limits the de pression of the shutter When the operator pulls upwardly on the handle 25 he elevates the arm l and the spring lil pulls upwardly on the upper stud 2 thereby elevating the rod l5. If

any obstruction were encountered, that is, if the parts were a little still so that the tension of the spring were insufiicient to overcome the inertia, the lower portion of the slots i3 would engage the studs It and positively raise the rod i5 which would rotate th arm 26 and lever 28 clockwise as viewed in Fig. 3 and anti-clockwise as viewed in Fig. 2 so that the lever 28 would engage the stud 29 and shift the slide bar 3! to the left as viewed in Figs. 1 and so that the cam surface lit would be above the roller HE. If now the motor bar I88 is depressed the roller Hf) would engage the earn suriace H8 and shift the slide bar all as far as possible to the left as viewed in said figures, so that the slide bar would engage the cam surface 5-3 and 1' se the arm out or engagement with the flange and the plate 48 would be shifted counter-clockwise so as to disengage the pawl 59 from the notch 53 and to engage it in the notch 57. This movement of the plate 38 would lower the link 62 and also lower the link 66 so as to rotate the lever 68 clockwise and move the plate '50 out of a position where it might be engaged by the arm ll so that the lever 2'2 would not raise the platen 1 into engagement with the'type wheels 53. This lowering of the link 62 would also rotate the arm 64 clockwise as viewed in Fig. 1, thereby rotating the lever anti-clockwise as viewed in Fig. 2 and through the roller and slot connection shown in Fig.2 would rotate the levers l9 and 81 clockwise shift- 'ing the shifting plate 83 so as to disengage the operate the platen I00 and-bring the certifying slip. into engagement with the type wheels M52 as many times as there are lobes on the box cam.

Of course, there is shifting mechanism provided so as to shift the certifying card between the first,

, second, and third printed impressions which may be made thereon, but this mechanism forms no part of the present invention and is not shown or described herein.

When the certifying card has been removed the rod I5 is moved downwardly by means of the spirng 2| and the shutter 5 is moved downwardly by means of the spring 19 which rotates the lever 28 counter-clockwise-as viewed in Fig. 1 so that it engages the stud 38 and shifts the slide bar 3! into such a position that if the motor bar were now operated the roller l l6 would engage the cam surface II! as heretofore described.

I realize that many changes may be made in my invention without departing from the spirit thereof and I, therefore, desire to claim the same broadly except as I may limit myself in the appended claims.

7 Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a register, a certifying printing mechanism, a shutter normally preventing the insertion of a slip intothe said printing mechanism, means whereby the shutter maybe shifted so as to permit the insertion of a slip into the printing mechanism, a'slide controlled by said means, a shiftable plate controlled by said slide, and means controlled by said plate to render said printing mechanism operative or inoperative.'

2. In a register, a certifying printing mechanism, a shutter normally preventing the insertion of a certifying slip or card into said -printing mechanism, a handle whereby said shutter may be operated, a shaft, means controlled by said shaft to render said printing mechanism operative or inoperative, and means whereby the said shaft is-operated by the said shutter, said lastnamed means including a yieldable connection.

3. In a register having mechanism for printing on an inserted slip, and means for operating said printing mechanism, mechanism to control ,the operation of said printing mechanism by said operating means, a manually operable device movable with relation to said printing mechanism into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of a slip to said printing mechanism, and an operative connection between said controlling mechanism and said manually operable device.

4. In a register having mechanism for printing on an inserted slip, and means for operating said printing mechanism, a manually operable device movable into and out of a position to prevent the insertion of a slip to said printing mechanism,

This elevation of and means controlled by said manually operable device to lock said printing mechanism against operation when said device is in a position to prevent the insertion of said slip.

5. Ina register comprising receipt printing mechanism, receipt issuing mechanism, mechanism for printing on an inserted slip, and an operable device for initiating the operation of said register, a device movable prior to-the operation of said operable device into or out of a position to prevent the insertion of'said slip, andrmeans controlled by the movement of the last mentioned.

device to control the operation of all ofsaid mechanisms. I I

6. In a register comprising a receipt printing mechanism, receipt issuing mechanism, separate mechanism for printing onan inserted slip, and an operable device for initiating the operation of said register, a'device movable prior to the opera- 1 tion of said operable device into or out of a posi tion to prevent the insertion of said slip, .and means controlled by the movement of said device to a position topermit the insertion of said slip to render said receipt printing and issuing mechanims inoperative and to render said slip printing mechanism operative.

7. In a register comprising an operating device, printing mechanism, and means for supporting a slip in a position to receive an impression from said printing mechanism, a manually operable device arranged normally to prevent the placing of a slip in said impression receiving position, normally inoperative means for operatively connecting said printing mechanism with saidoperating device, and means controlled by said manually operable device to render said connection operative when said manually operated device is moved I to a position to permit the placing of a slip in said impression receiving position.

8. In a register comprising an operating device, printing mechanism, and means for supporting a slip in a position to receive an impression from said printing mechanism, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the placing of a slip in said impression receiving position, means for operatively connecting said printing mechanism with said operating device, and means controlled by the movements of said movable device to render said connecting means inoperative when M said device'is in a position to prevent the placing of a slipin said position, and to render said con-' necting means operative when said device is in a position to permit the placing of a slip in said position. n v

9. In a register comprising an operating device,

printing mechanism, and means for supporting a slip in a position to receive an impression from said printing mechanism, a device movable into and out of a position to prevent the placing of a slip in said impression receiving position, means for operatively connecting said-printing mechanism with said operating device, and means controlled by the movements of said movable device to render said'connecting means inoperative and to lock said printing mechanism against operation when said movable device is in a position to prevent the placing of a slip in said impression receiving position.

10. In a register having printing mechanism and a passageway through which a slipmay be inserted to receive an impression from said printing mechanism, an operable device to open and close said passageway, operating mechanim including a shaft, a cam adapted to be. connected with or disconnected from said shaft, and means controlled by said cam to actuate said printing mechanism, and means actuated by said operable device to control the connection between said cam and said shaft. 7

11. In a register comprising receipt printing mechanism, receipt issuing mechanism, an operating device and means for operatively connecting said operating device with both mechanisms, a device for initiating the operation of said register, a shutter operable independently of said operation initiating device, and means controlled by said shutter to control said connecting means.

12. In a register comprising receipt printing mechanism, certifying printing mechanism, an operating device and a device for initiating the operation of said re ister, means for selectively connecting said operating device with said printlg mechanisms, a device operable independently of said operation initiating device to control the insertion of a slip to said certifying printing mechanism, and means controlled by the last mentioned device to control said connecting means.

13. In a register comprising receipt printing mechanism, certifying printing mechanism, and an operating device, separate means for connecting the respective printing mechanisms with said operating device, an operable device to control the insertion of a slip to said certifying printing mechanism, and means controlled by said operable device to render one of said connecting means operative and to render the other con necting means inoperative.

14. In a register comprising receipt printing mechanism and certifying printing mechanism, separately operable means for actuating the respective printing mechanismsan operable device to control the insertion of a slip to said certifying printing mechanism, and means controlled by said operable device for rendering one actuating means operative and for rendering the other actuating means inoperative.

15. In a register com rising receipt printing mechanism and certifying printing mechanism, separately operable means for actuating the respective printing mechaniss, an operable device to control the insertion of a slip to said certifying printing mechanism, means controlled by said operable device for rendering one actuating means operative and for rendering the other actuating means inoperative, and means controlled by said operable device for locking that printing mechanism Whose actuating means is inoperative.

l6. a register having receipt printing mechanism, and certifying p *inting mechanism and having a passageway t rough which a slip may be inse ted to said certi' mg printing mechanism, a shutter to control the insertion of a slip through said passageway, separately operable means for actuating the respective printing mechanisms, and means controlled by the movement of said shutter to its open position to render the actuating means for said certifying ting mechanism operative and to render the actuating means for said receipt printing mechanism inoperative.

17. In a register having two separately operable printing mechanisms, a device separate from and and movable with relation to both printing mechanisms to control the delivery of paper to one of said printing mocha sins, and means controlled by said operable device to render one printing mechanism operative and to render the other printing mechanism inoperative.

18. In a register having two separately operable printing mechanisms, a device separate from both printing mechanisms and movable with relation thereto to a position to interrupt the delivery of paper to one of said printing mechanisms, and

means controlled by the movement of said operable device to render inoperative that printing mechanism to which the delivery of paper has been interrupted.

19. In a register having two printing mechanisms, and an operating device, separate means for connecting said printing mechanisms with said operating device, an operable device for controlling the delivery of paper to one of said printing mechanisms, and means actuated by said operable device to control said connecting means.

20. In a register havin two printing mechanisms and an operating device, separate means for connecting said printing mechanisms with said operating device, an operable device for controlling the delivery of paper to one of said printing mechanisms, and means controlled by said operable device to render one of said connecting means operative and the other connectmeans inoperative when said operable device is in one position and to render the first mentioned connecting means inoperative and the last mentioned connecting means operative when said operable device is in another position.

21. In a register having two printing mechanisms, a slide, means controlled by the movement of said slide in one direction to render one printin mechanism operative and the other printing mechanism inoperative and controlled by the movement of said slide in the other direction to render the first mentioned printing mechanism inoperative and the last mentioned printing mechanism operative, an operable device to control the delivery of paper to one of said printing mechanisms, and means actuated by said operable device to control the movement of said slide.

22. In a register having a receipt printing mechanism, a receipt issuing mechanism, and a certifying printing mechanism, a slide, means controlled by the movement of said slide in one direction to render said receipt printing and issuing mechanisms operative and said certifying printing mechanism ino .erativ-e, and controlled by the movement of the slide in the other direction to render said certifying printing mechanism operative and said receipt printing and issuing mechanisms inoperative, an operable device to control the delivery of paper to said certifying printing mechanism, and means controlled by said operable device to actuate said slide.

23. In a register having receipt printing mechanism, certifying printing mechanism, and a passagcway leading to said certifying printing mechanism, a shutter to open and close saidpassageway, a member yieldably connected with said shutter for movement thereby, and means controlled by the movement of said member in one direction to render said receipt printing echanism operative and said certifying printing mechanism inoperative and controlled by the movement of said member in the other direction to render said certifying printing mechanism operative and said receipt printing mechanism inoperative.

WILLIAM G. ORTH. 

